TEACHER/MENTOR“Probably more than any other professor I’ve had, Marc understands the creative process and knows how to best give his students both room and instruction to create art, which is a very difficult balance to find.”

— froma student at Chatham UniversityMFA “Memoir Workshop”

For me, teaching is an extension of the writing studio, a place to share some of the trade tools I’ve managed to pick up at my own desk’s “workshop.”Each writer, each manuscript, is an emerging work-in-progress, bearing individual intentions, voices, and needs.

“He defies conventions of normal teaching.Puts everything he’s got into the course, treats his students as writers.Very patient and attentive, genuinely caring.” — University of Pittsburgh“Screenwriting”

“Fantastic teacher.Very low key and supportive, but loaded with ideas and perspectives and some of the most effective exercises that I’ve experienced.” --The Loft,Minneapolis“Writing with Sense(s)”

MENTEE QUOTES:

“Marc worked with me on my first literary essay, which won first prize in a national literary contest and a Pushcart nomination. I treasure Marc's mentorship. Genuine, grounded, and accessible.” — Garet Lahvis, Portland WA

"When Marc comments on work, the writer is in safe hands. Observations are generous, focused, and honest without being prescriptive or judgmental. Working with Marc is a productive collaborative experience between peers." — Cheryl J. Anthony, Minneapolis, MN

"Marc never sought to change my writing. Instead, he sought to understand what I was trying to accomplish and shared relevant examples and experience to help me get there, and offered advice to keep me moving when I got stuck." --Barbara Gordon, Pittsburgh PA